A federal judge denied former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s motion for a new trial, clearing the way for a sentencing hearing Friday.

Former Ald. Daniel Solis arrives at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse, Nov. 25, 2024, to take the stand in the Michael Madigan corruption trial. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) ...

Former Illinois Speaker of the House and political power broker Michael Madigan was convicted of bribery in landmark criminal trial in Chicago.

A federal jury Wednesday convicted former House Speaker Michael Madigan, once the most powerful person in Illinois politics, of bribery conspiracy charges in a wide-ranging case alleging he ran his… ...

The jury in the trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan and longtime political confidant Michael McClain arrived at a partial verdict Wednesday. The once-hidden affairs of the ...

Michael Madigan, a real estate attorney who was Illinois House Speaker for decades, was convicted on 10 of 23 corruption-related charges after a four-month trial.

Collins also belittled Madigan’s co-defendant, McClain, as a self-aggrandizing name-dropper, and called FBI mole and former Ald. Daniel Solis the “malignant tumor at the heart of this case.” ...

Of the indictment’s 23 corruption-related charges against Madigan, Collins said 16 of them were based on the work of former Chicago Alderman and cooperating witness Daniel Solis.

MacArthur said Madigan and then-Chicago Alderman Daniel Solis discussed business for Madigan’s private law firm and a potential state board appointment for Solis.

The hotly anticipated cross-examination of ex-House Speaker Michael Madigan kicked off Monday with a sledgehammer of a wiretap.

Four years after resigning his seat in the legislature amid a burgeoning federal corruption investigation, Madigan is banking on his word once again and rolling the dice by testifying at his trial.